Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center has announced the names of the top six physicians nominated for the fifth annual Little Company of Mary Outstanding Physician Award. They are Karim Anwar, M.D., Jonathan Day, M.D., M. Jeannie Gruber, M.D., Frank Hopkins, M.D., Megan Isaacs, M.D., and Bernard Kemker, Jr., M.D. This award is named in…
Weather, neglect and age are to blame for the U.S. flags that continue to wave tattered and fouled around the area. Those flags should be removed and replaced. However, there is some decorum for the disposal, or burial, of old flags. When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as…
The Huntingburg Common Council met for the second regular meeting of March and took the following actions. -Heard and updated from Ed Cole, Executive Director of Dubois Strong, gave an update on the economic development group’s efforts to attract employees to the area. Dubois Strong and Purdue are cosponsoring Facebook advertising from March to December…
The Dubois County Council held their regular meeting Monday afternoon and took the following actions: -Approved a new part-time position for the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program. The program facilitates volunteers to represent children in cases involving abuse or neglect; they become the voice for the child in the legal proceedings that occur. Circuit Court Judge…
Dubois County is ranked as the fourteenth healthiest county in Indiana according to a new report released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The 2017 County Health Rankings are a collection of 50 reports that reflect the overall health of counties in every state across the…
A Southern Indiana native and rising country music star will lead the main act at the 2017 Ferdinand Heimatfest, presented by MasterBrand Cabinets, on Saturday, June 17 . Clayton Anderson will headline a free night of entertainment, taking the stage at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Opening for Clayton Anderson at 7 p.m. EDT will be Christine…
A two-month long investigation into drug trafficking ended Monday with the arrest of a second suspect in Dubois. On January 21, 2017, Master Trooper Brian LaRoche was working drug interdiction at a local shipping company with his K9 partner, Blackie. After Blackie alerted on a suspicious package, LaRoche obtained a search warrant through the Dubois…
Kids will be working with robots, circuit boards, computers and cardboard this week for a special club hosted through Dubois County 4-H. About 20 kids showed up for the first night of the Makers Spark Club being led by Sheila Hurst and Marti Mauntel at the Center for Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing (CTIM) at VUJC….
The Martin County Sheriff’s Department made eight arrests and seized more than 13 grams of methamphetamine during an early-morning warrant service in Loogootee last Friday. In the early morning hours of Friday, the Martin County Sheriff’s Department and officers with the Loogootee Police Department, Shoals Town Marshal, and Indiana State Police, served two separate search…
Martin County deputies arrested a 16-year-old girl and a 36-year-old French Lick man for gun and meth-related charges after a traffic stop Thursday. According to authorities, a deputy conducted a traffic stop at the Martin and Lawrence County line on U.S. Highway 50 after noticing a vehicle traveling between 25 and 35 mph in the…
